Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley responds to a panel question at SxSWi regarding sites like pleaserobme.com. He's right, if you don't want people to know where you are (publicly) don't choose to notify the public! Simple step.

In my opinion Comcast has it figured out. Frank Eliason uses a touching personal story to make a great point about why it's so important to represent businesses on social networks with real people. Hiding behind a logo and generic bio is contrary to the reason social networks exist...to allow real people to connect with others they know or are interested in.

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley was a special guest panelist at a social/new media session by Brian Solis. In this clip Dennis talks about some of the basic ways businesses are using Foursquare. I had great seats for the panel discussion and have more video to post, including a touching personal story from Frank Eliason of Comcast.